I’ve been interested in Absinthe for a number of years. It is one of those odd and wonderful things that has been outlawed, but is now legal again. From time to time I tried to make my own poor version of absinthe with very little success. Now that it is legal, I have not rushed out to buy a bottle. But I did buy an Absinthe Spoon. I have also read a number of books on and about Absinthe. Johnny Depp drank a lot of absinthe in From Hell and the Green Fairy has made a lot of cameos in…
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Absinthe The Return of the Green Fairy
My favorite book on Absinthe is Absinthe-Sip of Seduction. This is a guidebook to Absinthes that are currently available in the world at large. Now that the ban has been lifted on Absinthe sales in America, I expect the new addition of this book to have a lot more local Absinthes listed. But really, I think making it legal again will draw away some of the allure that Absinthe has enjoyed over the past decades. I have always been fond of those black jelly beans you find around Easter, and some of the Absinthes-Mari Mayans is said to have the…